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| - Since when have "Farmer's Markets" become "Shop Owner's Markets"?
It's hard to call this a Farmer's Market when more than half of the vendors are shop owners and restaurateurs in Leslieville.
I went on a nice summer's morning in August 2012. It's the park next to McD's between Eastern and Queen. In total about 20-25 vendors and it took us about 15-20 minutes to get through.
There were a number of vendors offering prepared breakfast foods like waffles, mini pizzas, healthy smoothies, bacon crustinis and other items.
Of the vendors who looked like farmers, the produce was fresh and nice looking. It was a bit on the side of expensive as some farmer's market can sometimes be. One vendor was selling wild blueberries at $9.00 a pint. I don't think this is over the top for wild blueberries but it's outta my realm.
There were booths selling honey, eggs, cheese, mushrooms, peaches, sprouts, as well as carrots, beets, etc.
Of the vendors who were retailers and restaurateurs, I can remember Merchants of Green Coffee, Le Petit Matin, Le Papillon on the Park, Le Canadian Pie Company, and LPK. I wanted to have a look at the baked goods at Le Matin but the swarming wasps made it hard to get close but they did look really nice. LPK was selling beautifully made ice cream sandwiches and they are delicious.
The karaoke style music being played and sung by two guys with a fully amped guitars in the centre of the area was too loud and kind of awful (someone please take his mike away). It detracted from the quiet Sunday morning ambiance.
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